The BBC's Top 100 books - the 'must read' list
Apr 19th 2010, 9:13 am
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Re: The BBC's Top 100 books - the 'must read' list
There are plenty of good books included but not done by the BBC I don't think?
Apr 19th 2010, 11:17 am
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Re: The BBC's Top 100 books - the 'must read' list
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
I've read quite a few of them as it turns out, but there are some serious gaps (in my opinion)
No William Gibson (who coined the phrase 'cyberspace')..
No Stephen King..
No Michael Crichton..
and since I'm Norwegian, no Henrik Ibsen..
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
I've read quite a few of them as it turns out, but there are some serious gaps (in my opinion)
No William Gibson (who coined the phrase 'cyberspace')..
No Stephen King..
No Michael Crichton..
and since I'm Norwegian, no Henrik Ibsen..
Apr 19th 2010, 12:13 pm
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Re: The BBC's Top 100 books - the 'must read' list
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Apr 19th 2010, 12:47 pm
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Apr 19th 2010, 1:10 pm
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Apr 19th 2010, 1:17 pm
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Re: The BBC's Top 100 books - the 'must read' list
Turns out the only fictional book I have ever read is on the list: Animal Farm (done and dusted in about 3 hours).
Am I right in thinking that if you have read Complete Works of Shakespeare (14), then, by definition, you must have read Hamlet (98)?
I would also like to point out that Hamlet is a 'text' and not a book.
Am I right in thinking that if you have read Complete Works of Shakespeare (14), then, by definition, you must have read Hamlet (98)?
I would also like to point out that Hamlet is a 'text' and not a book.
Apr 19th 2010, 1:36 pm
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Re: The BBC's Top 100 books - the 'must read' list
Right, off home for my smorgasbord.
Apr 19th 2010, 1:38 pm
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Apr 19th 2010, 4:40 pm
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Re: The BBC's Top 100 books - the 'must read' list
So was is the Complete Works a box set, or a text in its own right?
Apr 19th 2010, 4:43 pm
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Re: The BBC's Top 100 books - the 'must read' list
They made me read The Lord of the Flies in school..The story is a lot like this message board and the moderation here